1. Where did you complete your Health Elective? Why did you select this location? What did you hope to gain from it? I chose to complete my placement at Glen Waverley Private Nursing Home in order to better understand the role of a registered nurse and other health professionals such as general practitioners‚ podiatrists‚ physiotherapists and geriatrician‚ especially in terms of coordinating with each other to deliver patient centred care to the residents. During my placement‚ I also hoped to
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Discrete and Continuous Probability All probability distributions can be categorized as discrete probability distributions or as continuous probability distributions (stattrek.com). A random variable is represented by “x” and it is the result of the discrete or continuous probability. A discrete probability is a random variable that can either be a finite or infinite of countable numbers. For example‚ the number of people who are online at the same time taking a statistics class at CTU on
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Regional anesthesia has several benefits over general anesthesia for orthopedic surgery [1]. Continuous spinal anesthesia (CSA) is the procedure of providing and maintaining spinal anesthesia by small doses of local anesthetic which are injected repeatedly as needed into the subarachnoid space through an indwelling catheter [2].Continuous spinal anesthesia (CSA) has been accepted as a reliable method for high-risk patients‚ it provides a higher control of local anesthetic spread over both loading
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Can a slow continuous intravenous therapy prolong the life of peripheral intravenous cannulae in the clinical setting? Introduction Background There is lack of current research evidence to suggest that continuous infusion also known as to ‘keep vein open’ to a peripheral intravenous cannula will prolong the life expectancy of a cannula. There is much discussion and debate among health care staff over the ability of a continuous infusion to prolong the life of a cannula. Many patients are often
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Is Human Development Continuous or Discontinuous? Human Development is lifelong‚ continuous and discontinuous and goes in so many different directions throughout a lifespan. It is plastic‚ multidisciplinary and is embedded in a changing socio-historical context. I truly believe I live in a continuous development pattern‚ as I believe the rest of us hope our children to follow in our footsteps of continuity. Sigmund Freud addresses continuous versus discontinuous in the understanding of mental
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In this essay I will be discussing the difference in nursing practice regarding manual handling and how it has evolved over the years. Extensive amounts of thought‚ new equipment and procedures have gone into the present manual handling practices. Many injuries have occurred over the years due to lifting‚ twisting and bending the wrong way. There are constant improvements being made to assist workers with manual handling and avoid further injuries. In past nurses had minimal aids to assist them
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How to Guide How to Establish a Performance Improvement Plan A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)‚ also known as a Performance Action Plan‚ is a great way to give struggling employees the opportunity to succeed while still holding them accountable for past performance. It is not always clear why an employee has poor performance. Did he or she not receive appropriate training? Does he or she not understand the expectations of the job? Are there unforeseen roadblocks in the way? Until you really
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and Pressure Area Care in a Nursing Home Improving Wound and Pressure Area Care in a Nursing Home Introduction In Sprakes and Tyrer’s (2010) research article entitled “Improving Wound and Pressure Area Care in a Nursing Home”‚ the effectiveness of wound and pressure ulcer management was examined. The rate of wounds and pressure ulcers in a nursing home is often an indicator of the quality of care received as these injuries can lead to illness and a decreased quality of life (Sprakes & Tyrer‚
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decisions on their patients care. Intuition is a basic piece of nursing science that becomes possibly the most important factor when healthcare providers get to oblivious learning without restraint or speculation. One can also assume that intuition is also based on their overall experiences and knowledge acquired during their nursing practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the article based upon the concept analysis on nursing intuition towards the description of method used‚ and the application
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In the file MGT 449 Week 5 Team Assignment Quality Improvement Implementation Paper Quality Management and Productivity you will find overview of the following parts: 1. Introduction 2. Identify a quality management system for process or organizational improvement 3. Summarize the requirements of the chosen system 4. Explain how your quality management system will benefit the organization 5. Define the variation you have identified in the as-is flow chart
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